Lindsay Alissa KingSep 17, 20204 minHow to not dominate a meetingToday I had what might have been my messiest, least organized Zoom meeting in a long time. I am a big fan of preparing for conversations...
Lindsay Alissa KingSep 9, 20206 minA Day in the Life of a Work from Home Mom There's actually an acronym for the work from home mom: the WAHM. I'm not really an acronym person, but this one I'm happy to embrace...
Lindsay Alissa KingSep 1, 20204 minCutting down on work-from-home distractionsOne thing I've been asked a lot is how I avoid distractions while working from home. It's true: when working from my kitchen table, the...
Lindsay Alissa KingAug 25, 20202 min5 Actions You Can Take RIGHT NOW to Advocate for a Better WorkplaceA recent conversation with a friend reminded me how important it is to emphasize that remote work alone won't save us from the problems...
Lindsay Alissa KingAug 12, 20202 minBlame your kids, happilyIf you've done any reading about inequality for women, especially moms, in the workplace, then you've likely come across the important...
Lindsay Alissa KingAug 6, 20203 min7 Ways to Rest for Remote WorkersA couple of weeks ago, I wrote an article that addressed how we're conditioned - by our current economic system - to consider rest to be...
Lindsay Alissa KingJul 27, 20203 minCommunications Tips If You Have Other Remote Workers in Your Household Until the onset of the pandemic, it was much less likely for remote workers to work in proximity to family members or housemates. Now,...
Lindsay Alissa KingJul 21, 20202 minWant to Get Things Done Faster? Move Up Your DeadlineI go back and forth here at Double Fourteen: I write articles that call for us to dismantle and transform our toxic work culture, and the...
Lindsay Alissa KingJul 14, 20204 minHow to Make a To-Do List with KidsI mentioned in this post that my 10-min/2-hour work strategy looks a little bit different now that I have a child. I’m working on a post...
Lindsay Alissa KingJul 3, 20203 minHow to Work from Home in a Small ApartmentI’ve mentioned this before, but I live with my family of 3 in a fairly small space. (Though, having lived in multiple cities, I’d say...
Lindsay Alissa KingJul 1, 20203 minThe 10-Minute/2-Hour StrategyToday for a tip on how to tackle multi-day projects without feeling like you “accomplished nothing” at the end of your workday! Many of...
Lindsay Alissa KingJun 23, 20204 minAlternative Work and Childcare ArrangementsWhen I was pregnant, I met an artist, who worked from home, at a party. I was quite visibly pregnant, and this man enthusiastically began...
Lindsay Alissa KingJun 17, 20203 minExercising While Working from Home, with Kids AroundIn the past fifteen months, I’ve gradually been able to focus my brain and my body on tasks that once occupied a lot of my waking hours...
Lindsay Alissa KingJun 11, 20203 minBuilding Work-from-Home Trust and Dismantling Workplace SurveillanceI follow Firstbase CEO and founder Chris Herd on Twitter. Firstbase outfits remote workers with the physical tools they need to work from...
Lindsay Alissa KingJun 5, 20201 minWorking from Home? Treat Your Brain Like Pavlov’s DogsToday’s today is a quick tip for making work from home life easier. It’s hard to work from home, especially when you have kids around,...
Lindsay Alissa KingJun 1, 20204 minBreastfeeding While Working from HomeToday, a topic that I could talk about endlessly: breastfeeding, i.e. churning out calories for a hungry baby up to twelve times as day...
Lindsay Alissa KingMay 26, 20202 minWhy Working from Home Matters and Why I’m Writing about It.Welcome to Double Fourteen! The name is a legacy from an old blog I had, and the numbers are meaningless. If you want to make up a good...